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Academy Beginner 11:07 Y5 Solutions Team
CCTV Storage & Retention Planning
Camera count x resolution x days = TB. Walkthrough of the sizing spreadsheet.
What you will learn
- Storage math: cameras × resolution × frame rate × days = TB.
- Choosing between Tapo (consumer), VIGI (commercial), and Hikvision/Dahua (enterprise).
- How retention requirements differ across BFSI, education, and warehousing.
- Sizing NVR storage with realistic motion-detection assumptions.
- RAID, hot spares, and how to balance retention vs cost.
- Cloud failover for compliance-driven retention.
Who it is for
Designed for beginner practitioners. If you have ever specced, installed, or supported a network of any meaningful size, this lesson is calibrated to you. We assume basic familiarity with TCP/IP and Wi-Fi terminology, and skip the textbook detours.
About the instructor
Y5 Solutions Team draws on real Y5 Enterprises deployments across hotels, schools, warehouses, and BFSI branches. Every recommendation in this lesson has been pressure-tested on at least three live sites.
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